Cash from financing is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders.

For the three months ended in Mar. 2015,
HRG Group Inc paid$16 Mil more to buy back shares than it received from issuing new shares.
It received$13 Mil from issuing more debt.
It paid$0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares.
It spent$8 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders.
It received$219 Mil on other financial activities.
In all, HRG Group Inc earned$207 Mil on financial activities for the three months ended in Mar. 2015.

Definition

This is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders. In the calculation of free cash flow, cash from financing is not calculated because it is not related to operating activities.

HRG Group Inc's Cash from Financing for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as:

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their own currency.

Explanation

Cash from financing contains five items:

1. Net Issuance of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. It can also use cash to buy back shares. If this number is positive, it means that the company has received more cash from issuing shares than it has paid to buy back shares. If this number is negative, it means that company has paid more cash to buy back shares than it has received for issuing shares.

HRG Group Inc's net issuance of stock for the three months ended in Mar. 2015 was $-16 Mil. HRG Group Inc paid$16 Mil more to buy back shares than it received from issuing new shares.

2. Net Issuance of Debt:
Net issuance of debt is the cash a company received or spent through debt related activities such as debt issuance or debt repayment. If a company pays down its debt during the period, this number will be negative. If a company issued more debt, it receives cash and this number is positive.

HRG Group Inc's net issuance of debt for the three months ended in Mar. 2015 was $13 Mil. HRG Group Inc received$13 Mil from issuing more debt.

3. Net Issuance of Preferred:
A company may raise cash from issuing new preferred shares. It can also use cash to buy back preferred shares. If this number is positive, it means that the company has received more cash from issuing preferred shares than it has paid to buy back preferred shares. If this number is negative, it means that company has paid more cash to buy back preferred shares than it has received for issuing preferred shares.

HRG Group Inc's net issuance of preferred for the three months ended in Mar. 2015 was $0 Mil. HRG Group Inc paid$0 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares.

4. Dividends:
Cash flow for dividends refers to the payment of cash to shareholders as dividends when the company generates income.

HRG Group Inc's cash flow for dividends for the three months ended in Mar. 2015 was $-8 Mil. HRG Group Inc spent$8 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders.

5. Other Financing:
Money spent or earned by company from other financial activities.

HRG Group Inc's other financing for the three months ended in Mar. 2015 was $219 Mil. HRG Group Inc received$219 Mil on other financial activities.

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